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Rory McIlroy skipped the Travelers Championship to journey to the UK and play a apply spherical at Royal Birkdale the place he was noticed by Sir Nick Faldo. He joked about it forward of the Genesis Scottish Open:

“Birkdale was undoubtedly only a scouting journey for The Open for positive. I’d have preferred to haven’t have it identified that I used to be there however Faldo could not put his cellphone away, so — (laughing.)

“I really like Nick. In equity, he is nice. I had fun with him. He walked a couple of holes with me.

“Then I played St Enodoc, whenever that was, last Friday. And yeah, we spent four days down in Cornwall with the Donalds and the Lawries. I had never, like I had never heard of it before, and it’s I guess a top hundred course in the world. It’s really cool. But that was more just for enjoyment. You’re going out to play, but yeah, it’s nice, you start hitting the ball off links turf again and start to play in a little bit more wind. Your links instincts come back, even if it is for fun. The stuff that you’ve grown up with starts to come back to you.”

Rory has completed prime 10 at The Open in 3 of the final 4 years, with 8 prime 10s in whole, together with a win in 2014. After profitable again to again Masters titles to lastly full the profession grand slam, it could be nice to see him contend once more for an additional main title and additional cement his place as Europe’s best ever golfer.